TravelPod Member ReviewsBella Vista Motel Te Anau

“ Good place to stay ”

Reviewed Jan 26, 2015

by tanglt (31 reviews) , Canada

Nice clean and relatively new motel. Close to town, but then everything is close. Rooms are a little bit small but well equipped. Rates are reasonable. Not on the Lakefront. No problem leaving our car there when we went tramping for 3 days.

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“ Bella Vista in Te Anau ”

Reviewed Feb 8, 2014

by geoffdawe (7 reviews) Penicuik , United Kingdom

Short walk to shops and places to eat

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TripAdvisor Reviews Bella Vista Motel Te Anau

Outstanding

Travel Blogs from Te Anau

We went for a morning hike up Queenstown hill, it is the NZ version of the Grouse grind. Views were great up top. We then went to Arrow town to visit the Chinese Village which is the refurbished Chinese settlement in the late 1800's during the tail end of the NZ gold rush. Some fascinating buildings. The old town of Arrowtown was nicely done and …

... pots. They are called Crawdads in NZ. They weigh 2 Kg and can fetch up to $50/Kg. We were lucky to spot a few Hoiho or Yellow Eyed penguins nesting.

At about seven we were presented quite an amazing buffet dinner prepared by the ships kitchen crew. We had dinner with David and Barb, a couple from Maryland. After dinner we enjoyed a video presentation by the ship’s resident expert on botany and biology of the sound. He also spent the day ...